Oracle 8i and a starter kit package

Bob .

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Aug 27, 2003, 5:48:54 PM8/27/03

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I recently bought a book 'oracle 8i for widowas NT starter kit'

This book purported to have a 60 day trial copy of Oracle 8i enterprise
edition, however when i laoded this the installation interface was suppose
to give me three option to choose from
a. Oracle 8i enterprise edition 8.1.5.0.0
b. Oracle 8i Client 8.1.5.0.0
c. Oracle programmer 8.1.5.0.0
Only option b and c were presented. leaves me feeling ripped off. What
happened to a. ???
Could this because I am running windows 98 and not NT therefore cannot be
the server only the client and it thus chose not to present me with this
option. I also have another coopy of 8i here somewhere and it does the same
thing - no Oracle 8i enterprise edition 8.1.5.0.0. I have sufficient disk
space available.

Niall Litchfield

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Aug 28, 2003, 6:10:35 AM8/28/03

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"Bob ." <nem...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I recently bought a book 'oracle 8i for widowas NT starter kit'
>
> This book purported to have a 60 day trial copy of Oracle 8i enterprise
> edition, however when i laoded this the installation interface was
suppose
> to give me three option to choose from
> a. Oracle 8i enterprise edition 8.1.5.0.0
> b. Oracle 8i Client 8.1.5.0.0
> c. Oracle programmer 8.1.5.0.0
> Only option b and c were presented. leaves me feeling ripped off. What
> happened to a. ???
> Could this because I am running windows 98 and not NT therefore cannot be
> the server only the client and it thus chose not to present me with this
> option.

In a word yes. 8i Server will run on 2000 or XP Professional if you wish to
upgrade your operating system. If you get yourself a free subscription to
otn.oracle.com you will find that you can obtain a non-expiring not for
production use copy of all the Oracle software either via download (if you
have broadband) on on CD for a small price. I'd certainly advise you to get
either 817 (if you wish to follow the book) or 9.2 if you wish to use
current software.

--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK

Sybrand Bakker

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Aug 28, 2003, 11:06:19 AM8/28/03

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On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 07:48:54 +1000, "Bob ." <nem...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Could this because I am running windows 98 and not NT

There is a separate version of Oracle for win 98 up on
http://otn.oracle.com

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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Bob .

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Aug 28, 2003, 11:39:40 PM8/28/03

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Sybrand Bakker wrote in message ...

:On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 07:48:54 +1000, "Bob ." <nem...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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:>Could this because I am running windows 98 and not NT
:
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:There is a separate version of Oracle for win 98 up on
:http://otn.oracle.com

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Thanks for the reply but, would I have gotten all the options from this disk
if I ran NT ?

Bob .

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Aug 28, 2003, 11:40:48 PM8/28/03

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Thanks Niall